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FYA of Ahsan Kaleem titulada “Thermomechanical Models for Additive Manufacturing Processes: Theory and Implementation” – Tomará lugar el 10 de octubre a las 12:00 en la sala de seminarios.

Resumen: «Additive manufacturing processes are predominantly governed by complex thermomechanical interactions that critically influence the mechanical properties and the quality of the final product. This study first developed a mathematical framework of general small-strain thermo-mechanics that can incorporate an arbitrary

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Dr. Christos SOFRAS, investigador postdoctorado de EMPA, Suiza, dará un seminario titulado «Microstructure design by additive manufacturing». Tendrá lugar el 17 de octubre., a las 12:00, en la sala de Patronato.

Resumen: Beyond its capability to create intricate geometries, Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is a powerful tool for tailoring the microstructure of metallic materials. By carefully adjusting process parameters, L-PBF enables fine tuning of crystallographic textures – a particularly critical

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El próximo jueves 9 de octubre, a las 12:00, tendrá lugar una nueva sesión de nuestras charlas de innovación, en las que empresas de «ciencia profunda» comparten su trayectoria emprendedora surgida en un entorno académico como el nuestro. En esta ocasión, José Luis Plaza contará la historia de Crystal Semiconductors, una empresa derivada (spin-off) de la UAM especializada en tecnologías de crecimiento de cristales. A continuación, encontrarás más detalles sobre su charla.

Resumen: El seminario explorará los principales desafíos en el diseño y desarrollo de sistemas de administración de fármacos dirigidos a tratamientos específicos de enfermedades. Se hará especial énfasis en estrategias para superar barreras biológicas, con un enfoque en la entrega

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Prof. Joana Loureiro, de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Porto, dará un seminario titulado «Challenges in the design and development of drug delivery systems for targeted disease treatment». Tendrá lugar el 23 de octubre de 2025, a las 12:00, en la Sala de Seminarios.

Resumen: The talk will explore the key challenges in the design and development of drug delivery systems aimed at targeted disease treatment. Special emphasis will be placed on strategies for crossing biological barriers, with a focus on targeting the brain,

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Dr. Rubén Sánchez-Gómez de la Universidad de Complutense de Madrid nos dará un seminario titulado, “The Need for Reactive Polymers in Clinical Applications of Sports Podiatry” – Tendrá lugar el 1 de octubre a las 11:30 en la sala de seminarios.

Resumen: Sports injuries often arise from the limited ability of the human locomotor system to effectively store and release elastic energy during high-demand activities (Nigg & Wakeling, 2001). Current athletic footwear technologies rely heavily on energy-absorbing polymers that reduce impact

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Prof. Sam Kassegne, de San Diego State University, dará un seminario titulado «Re-Imagining Carbon: The Quest for Material Discovery and Synthesis of New and Novel Carbon Hybrids». Tendrá lugar el jueves, 25 de septiembre de 2025, a las 12:00, en la sala de seminarios de IMDEA Materials.

Resumen: The development of new and novel materials is critical for driving innovations in the next generation of devices and systems for applications in nanoelectronics, energy conversion and storage, and quantum computing. As the limitations of silicon-based technologies become increasingly

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FYA de Henry Summers titulado “The coupled influence of microstructure and architecture on additively manufactured Inconel718 lattice structures” – 25 de septiembre a las 15:00 en la sala de seminarios.

Resumen: Additive manufacturing (AM), particularly laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), has revolutionized the fabrication of high-performance metal components for aerospace by enabling more complex geometries to be produced with superior mechanical properties and minimal material waste [1-5]. High-strength Ni-based superalloys

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Prof. Paraskevas Kontis, de la Universidad Noruega de Ciencia y Tecnología, dará un seminario titulado «Atomic-scale engineering for crack-free additively manufactured superalloys». Tendrá lugar el 19 de septiembre, a las 12:00 h, en la sala de seminarios.

Resumen: The presence of minor grain boundary solutes such as boron and zirconium can have significant consequences for the production of superalloys using additive manufacturing methods. On the one hand, their presence in the bulk chemistry is crucial for achieving

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Prof. Pere Barriobero, de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), dará un seminario titulado «Real-time monitoring of engineering alloys under manufacturing and service conditions». Tendrá lugar el 11 de septiembre de 2025, a las 12:00, en la Sala de seminarios.

Resumen: Optimizing the performance of engineering alloys during manufacturing and service conditions requires a keen understanding of their microstructure evolution under applied temperature and load. It is thus a challenging task, because under the influence of an external load and/or

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La Prof.ª Ana Inés Gómez de Castro dará un seminario titulado «Ultraviolet radiation, nanomaterials and the investigation of the origin of life.» – Tendrá lugar el 17 de semptiembre a las 12:00 la sala de seminario.

Resumen: Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is efficiently absorbed by the atmosphere of the Earth and its relevance and usefulness in materials processing has been often disregarded being this type of studies relegated to astrophysics and space science and exploration. In this

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Prof. Marie A. Charpagne, de la University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, dará un seminario titulado «Metastable alloys by design». Tendrá lugar el lunes 1 de septiembre, a las 11:00 a.m, en el Auditorio.

Resumen: Additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing how we synthesize, produce, and use metallic materials. However, out of hundreds of commercially available engineering alloys, only a handful are readily printable. This arises from the extreme heating and cooling rates associated with

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FYA de Rafael Thomey titulado «Investigating and Addressing Degradation Mechanisms in 100% Silicon Nanowire Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries» – 23 de julio de 2025 a las 12:00 en el auditorio.

Resumen: This thesis investigates key challenges in the development of next-generation lithium-ion batteries by using a fully silicon-based nanowire anode as a model system. The work focuses on understanding the mechanisms responsible for capacity fading—such as SEI instability, mechanical degradation,

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Dra. Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra, de Queen Mary University of London, dará un seminario titulado «Na-ion batteries: from materials sustainability to operando characterisation techniques». Tendrá lugar el 4 de julio de 2025, a las 11:00, en la Sala de Seminarios.

Resumen: Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are a potential alternative to diversify the energy landscape, beyond Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), due to their similar storage mechanism and easy technology transfer. Currently, the benchmark anodes for SIBs are hard carbons (HCs), since sodium

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Sven Vogel, de Los Alamos National Laboratory, dará un seminario titulado «Metallurgical Studies with the HIPPO Diffractometer at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center». Tendrá lugar el 27 de junio, a las 12:00, en la sala de seminarios.

Resumen: Advantages of neutron diffraction for metallurgical studies are highlighted with research examples performed on the High Pressure – Preferred Orientation (HIPPO) diffractometer at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). We give a brief introduction of neutron diffraction and

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Natividad Gomez Cerezo, de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, dará un seminario titulado «Nanostructured materials: applications in energy and biomedicine». Tendrá lugar el viernes 20 de junio, a las 11:30, en la sala de seminarios (planta SS).

Abstract: Energy: H2 production The development of TiO₂-based photocatalysts modified with palladium for efficient hydrogen (H₂) production under UV-visible and visible light irradiation has been explored. By combining high-surface-area mesoporous TiO₂ with small amounts of Pd, the researchers aimed to

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